Oliver s



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AND CHARLES BLAKESLEE.

SASH-FASTENING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 60,136, dated September26, 1865.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER S. JUDD, ofNew Britain, county of Hartford,and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sash-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the same isdescribed and represented in the following specification and drawings;and to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, I willproceed to describe its 'construction by referring to the dra-wings, inwhich the saine letters indicate like parts in euch Iot' the figures.I y

The sash-fastening device to which I apply my improvement consists in ahasp attached to the upper sash by a hinge, so as'to allow the liasp tohe turned up out ot' the way of the lower sash when n ot`in use, andashoulder on said hinge portion so formed as to prevent its being turnedover or around so as to hit the glass. The hasp hasacircularaperturethrough its upper end, with a slot running down from the aperture, sothat when the hasp-is turned down upon the lower sash a verticaltnrn-but ton upon the lower sash enters and passes through the slot, andthe circular aperture is .iilled by the shank of the turn-button. Uponturning this button the hasp is secured and the sashes drawnclosely'toget-her and fastened. The shank ofthe button is eccentric tothe axis, around which it rotates, presenting a cam on the same sidewith the button. When the button is turned the sashes are drawn firmlytogether, and no instrument can be inserted between them to disen gagethe fastenings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top View. Fig. 2 isasectionside view'. Fig. 3 shows a side and top view ot' the turn-buttondet-ached from its plate. y

B are the plates to which the respective parts are arranged and secured.plate which is designed to be secured to the upper side ofthemeeting-rail ot'the upper sash, and to which the. hasp E is secured by ajoint, so as to admit only of a motion l'roin a holizontal to aperpendicular g and underneath said joint I arrange a spring, D, for thepurpose of holding the hasp'E erect and prevent it from falling over soas to intert'erewith the movement of the lower sash.

B" is the plate designed to he secured onto the top edge of themeeting-rail ot' the lower sash, to which I secure a verticalturn-button, G, having a handle, J, attached under the button by meansof an eccentric shank, I, for the purpose ot facilitating the turning ofsaid button-and drawing the two sashes firmly together.

I believe I have thus described the nature and construction of myimprovement, so as to enable others skilled int-he art to makeand usethe same.'

I claim- The handle J, united to the turn-button G by a shank, I., incombination with the springhasp D E, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

0. S. JUDD. IL. s.]

Witnesses E. R. BURNHAM, JEREMY-W. Buss.

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